Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m
DISHARGED.—The police had no evidence to offer when Kennith Charles Hague, 26, labourer, as charged with having broken into the…
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Courts & crime, 1951
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Cessnock Court (Before Mr. F. Halpin, S.m.) Butchers Fined
Three Cessnock butchers were fined for having sold adulterated meat, which included tripe and mincemeat. They were Harry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke. S.m.) Traffic Offences
Penalties were— Darrell L. Eckersley of Macquarie St., Merewether, £5 with 13s costs, for riding a motor cycle negligently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Girl Wanted Gaol Experience
LONDON, Sept. 11. A.A.P.—Mary Turner, 18, of Malling, in Kent, defrauded the Post-office of £3 "to get some prison experience"…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Lionel Charles Thomas, 44-year-old convicted murderer of Mrs. Phyllis Mary Page, hanged himself early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Charged As Stowaway Remains Mute
PERTH, Tuesday.—A woman who has refused to eat or speak since she was found on the Italian liner Australia on Thursday was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trial On Murder In 1939 Opens
MELBOURNE: A man appeared on a charge of murder today at Wycheproof Court, 12 years after the battered body of a then unidentified man was found in a dam…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy (2) Deserted, Police Declare
SYDNEY.—Police believe a mother abandoned her two-year-old son after dressing him in his best clothes and leading him to Wynyard railway ramp late yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Send Aged Man To Hospital
As a result of police action, a 90-year-old man, who had been living alone in a hut on the Pacific Highway at Raymond Terrace,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
REMANDED.—Kenneth de Redder, 24 mechanic, was remanded till October 8 on a charge of having ridden a motor-cycle while under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Court at Newcastle (Before Mr. E. A. Hardwicke, S.m.) Bond Refused
Refusing a bond for William Spencer Johns, 20, laborer, on a charge of driving under the influence of liquor, the magistrate said Johns…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Henry Richard Bugg, 37-year-old contractor, appeared in Wyche-proof Court to-day charged with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Refused Bail On Assault Charge
SYDNEY.—Alleged by police to have perpetrated a vicious attack upon a woman who was hit and kicked in the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Painter On Trial Over Car Theft
The trial of Leslie Allan Morrison, a 28 years old spray painter, charged with having in his possession a stolen motor car without lawful excuse and knowing it to have been stolen, began at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Park Murder Arrest
ADELAIDE.—A Polish carpenter of Rosewater was arrested today and [?]ater charged with the murder of Jan Politelo, 25, at Royal Park on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Claims Settled Out Of Court
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Claims for £175,000 damages for libel were settled out of court to-day for an undisclosed amount by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Court Before Mr. R. A. Hardwicke, S.m
DRIVER FINED.—William Spencer Johns, 20, labourer, was fined £10 for having driven a car in Scott-street on August 11 while under the…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.—A Polish carpenter who was among the mourners at the funeral of murdered man, has been arrested…
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Two men were charged in Newcastle Court yesterday with having aided a man alleged to have shot at his wife with intent to murder…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Police Station
A new police station at the corner of South and Withers' Streets, West Wallsend, was opened yesterday. Sergeant Mead is in charge…
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